Grand Egyptian Museum

Project

Construction of a new state-of-the-art museum in Egypt

Client

Ministry of State for Antiquities - Supreme Council for Antiquities

Location

Egypt

Description

An Orascom Construction (OC) and BESIX joint venture was awarded the contract to construct the third phase of the state-of-the-art Grand Museum, which will showcase approximately 100,000 ancient Egyptian artifacts in the main exhibition hall and will also include a conference and learning center to educate visitors on Ancient Egyptian history

Scope

The joint venture is constructing a total built-up area of 167,000 square meters over a total land area of 490,000 square meters. built-up area includes exhibition galleries, conference center, landscaping, retail areas and restaurants. The conference center includes a 1,000 seat auditorium, three seminar rooms of 250 seats, gallery space, meeting rooms and a business center